BT's Secure Operating Centre can also liaise with police to have the vehicle's ignition disabled when parked. Thomas was alerted to the theft of his Audi A4 by BT's Secure Operating Centre, and the police were informed of the vehicle's location.
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Plans to track blood transfusions 'from vein to vein' using RFID
technology have taken a step forward. He said ECTMS is likely to use either bar-code technology or RFID to eliminate errors during each stage in the chain of events.
He suggested that use of the technology, known as radio frequency identification (RFID), may need to be regulated at the federal level. His comments come as commercial giants Albertsons, Wal-Mart Stores and Target are drawing up plans for wide...
Albrecht, who is behind a high-profile US-based campaign to prevent retail stores and supermarkets from using the controversial RFID tracking tags in products over fears they will compromise consumers' privacy, said the email was "disturbing".
A new tracking system using technologies including RFID is being developed to make it easier to trace blood and cut down on mistakes such as giving patients the wrong type of blood - an error that can have potentially fatal consequences.